healthy snacks

Today I did pretty well. I didn't get on the treadmill during Olivia's morning nap (I took a nap instead), but I was able to spend an hour (!!!) on the treadmill during her afternoon nap. I tried to tell myself that I could do five more minutes, but my body was really feeling it and I didn't want to overdo it. Even 6 hours later the tops of my feet, calves, shins, thighs, and butt are still feeling it. That is good though! :) And the best part was being able to put a big "X" through today on my workout calendar!

On TV the other day there was this commercial (I think it was Gerber) that said a child's nutrition in the first five years can affect their entire life. It made me think because I really want my baby girl to have the best possible chance at life. I think that by making sure that she eats healthy meals and snacks now, it will help her later in life to have a desire to eat healthy... or at least I'm hoping this is the case.

Anyways, I have been trying to give her fruits, vegetables, and whole grains for her morning and afternoon snacks. Occasionally she gets something sweet and she enjoys that, but she already loves fruit! I think I need to work at giving her more vegetables though. Vegetables are something that I've never really loved (or should I say craved?) so it doesn't come naturally for me to just grab a carrot and eat it. But I want to get in a better habit of eating vegetables for snacks also. It's kind of nice to be conscious about what I'm feeding her, because it is easier for me to think about what I need to be eating as well.

So that is something else that I am working on right now. I'm excited for tomorrow so I can mark another day off on my exercise calendar! :)

P.S. I have been experiencing a strange feeling(?) from weightwatchers.com. Because I did not have such a good weekend with my dieting (afore mentioned in a previous post) I am in "weekly points" debt. This means that when I enter my daily "workout points" in they are automatically used to take away some of my "weekly point" debt. It is a strange feeling to be working out to pay off points owed! On Thursday morning it will all go back to normal, and I vow to never allow this debt to happen again. I just don't like the way it makes me feel! (If only real debt made me feel this horrible... I don't think I would owe any money to any banks! I guess I should work on that too!)